3313.642
Materials for course of instruction.

(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section
and notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3313.48 and 3313.64 of the
Revised Code, the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local
school district shall not be required to furnish, free of charge, to the pupils
attending the public schools any materials used in a course of instruction with
the exception of the necessary textbooks or electronic textbooks required to be
furnished without charge pursuant to section 3329.06 of the Revised Code. The
board may, however, make provision by appropriations transferred from the
general fund of the district or otherwise for furnishing free of charge any
materials used in a course of instruction to such pupils as it determines are
in serious financial need of such materials.

(B) No
board of education of a school district shall charge a fee to a pupil who is
eligible for a free lunch under the "National School Lunch Act," 60 Stat. 230
(1946), 42 U.S.C. 1751, as amended, and the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 80
Stat. 885, 42 U.S.C. 1771, as amended, for any materials needed to enable the
pupil to participate fully in a course of instruction. The prohibition in this
division against charging a fee does not apply to any fee charged for any of
the following:

(1) Any materials
needed to enable a pupil to participate fully in extracurricular activities or
in any pupil enrichment program that is not a course of instruction;

(2) Any
tools, equipment, and materials that are necessary for workforce-readiness
training within a career-technical education program that, to the extent the
tools, equipment, and materials are not consumed, may be retained by the
student upon course completion.

(C)
Boards of education may adopt rules and regulations prescribing
each of the
following:

(1) A schedule of fees for materials used in a course of
instruction ;

(2) A schedule of charges which may be imposed upon
pupils for the loss, damage, or destruction of school apparatus, equipment,
musical instruments, library material, textbooks, or electronic textbooks
required to be furnished without charge, and for damage to school
buildings.

Except as provided in division (D) of this section, boards
of education may enforce the payment of such fees and charges by
withholding the grades and credits of the pupils
concerned.

(D) No board of education shall withhold the grades,
credits, official transcripts, diploma, IEPs, or 504 plans of a pupil for
nonpayment of fees for materials used in a course of instruction imposed under
division (C)(1) of this section, if a complaint has been filed at any time in a
juvenile court alleging that the pupil is an abused, neglected, or dependent
child or if the pupil has been adjudicated an abused, neglected, or dependent
child.

A
board shall require that the grades, credits, official transcripts, IEPs, or
504 plan of a pupil described in this division be transferred immediately upon
the receipt of either another district's or school's request for those records
under section 3313.672 of the Revised Code or a juvenile judge's order under
section 2151.272 of the Revised Code.

A
board that is required to transfer records under division (D) of this section
may request a copy of any order regarding the child's custody or placement
issued pursuant to a complaint filed under section 2151.27 of the Revised Code.
However, a board shall not withhold records required to be transferred under
that division pending receipt of a copy of the order.

(E) Each board of education annually shall report to the
department of education the number of pupils for whom the board sends
transcripts under division (D) of this section and the total amount of unpaid
fees lost due to compliance with that division.